Learn how botanical illustrator Alice Tangerini keeps traditional artistic methods alive in the increasingly digital world of science Emma Saaty Smithsonian botanical illustrator, Alice Tangerini, has ...

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Using an artist's tools and the skills of a scientist, Tangerini makes “art in the service of science.” Botanical illustrations by Alice Tangerini; photograph by Jennifer J. Hill. Photo illustration ...

Imagine if our bodies could grow new organs throughout our entire lives. Plants do this constantly, thanks to tiny, powerful ...

The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) announces the addition of two leading scholars to its formidable Science division: Mauricio Diazgranados, Ph.D., will join the Botanical Garden on June 12 as its ...

People are becoming 'disconnected from the botanical world' at a time when plants could help solve global environmental problems, warn a group of research scientists. They say the problem has been ...

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Botanical illustration is the art of executing scientifically accurate plant species by artistically depicting their form, color, and details. This creation requires an understanding of plant science ...

Botanical science contributes to the knowledge of postglacial climates through inference from fossils and from the distribution of existing vegetation. In the first field the materials include ...

Scientists have long known that mutations in certain genes affecting microtubules in plants can cause plants to grow in a twisting manner. In most cases, these are “null mutations,” meaning the ...

See the great citizen science work going on at The New York Botanical Garden. Meet a group of retirees who have volunteered to be citizen scientists and are tracking the pollinators in the Native ...

Researchers analyzing ancient pottery from Northern Mesopotamia have identified what may be the world's earliest botanical art. These finely painted vessels, produced by the Halafian culture, feature ...